The death toll is now approaching 70 000, and still rising.
There are now 69 Canadians missing in total, according to Canadian Foreign Affairs. If they’re not all dead, it would be quite the miracle.
Thialand is like a disaster movie nightmare for foreigners. Thai Interior Ministry officials said the waves that wiped out scores of packed restaurants, bars and hotels on its southern beaches hit Sweden hardest. The Scandinavian country lost 54 citizens, followed by Germany at 49 and Britain at 43.
And that’s just Thailand…
I could turn my attention elsewhere…but where? Has there been anything so massively destructive, so utterly depressing? My discomfort at watching this unfolding story is nothing compared to the suffering in Asia, so at the very least, I can document my thoughts and feelings, as black as they may be right now.
One third of the dead are children; there is already talk of a lost generation of South Asia. If I were one of those parents, pulling the body of my dead child out of the rubble, I’m not sure I’d have the strength to go on living.
There are now confirmed reports of more damage and death in Somalia, Kenya, and Tanzania. Nature is making the human race look very small and pathetic right now…and there are times I believe that we deserve to be humbled in such a way. We do so much damage to this planet, it’s only natural that it strike back at us with power we can’t even imagine.
I need a drink.
